Get recipes from Zaynab and her cookbook recommendations free at <a href="https://thedinnerplan.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com</a>. In this week's episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks to cookbook author and NY Times Cooking contributor Zaynab Issa about the recipes she's most excited about, her tips for stress-free dinner party hosting, and the flavorful staples she cannot live without. Hear her thoughts on how to do fusion food right, and hear why she doesn't like to get too far ahead with meal planning.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Meera Sodha on Breaking Through Burnout in the Kitchen

Figuring out what to make for dinner can be exhausting. The Dinner Plan helps you start every week with fresh cooking inspiration, thanks to Maggie Hoffman and a roster of top cookbook authors. You'll get dinner ideas for every season, advice on how to make weeknight meal planning easier, smart budget cooking and grocery shopping tips, and easy dinners to make when you're short on time and energy. Guests on The Dinner Plan include experts like Molly Baz, Melissa Clark, Justine Doiron, Hetty Lui McKinnon, J. Kenji López-Alt, Hailee Catalano, and more. Guests answer questions like: What store-bought shortcuts make your weeknight dinners more flavorful? How do you meal prep or ingredient prep without getting bored? What weeknight dinner recipes would you text to a friend? Where do you find dinner ideas when you don't feel like cooking? To get each guest's cookbook recommendations, plus a free recipe of the week from that guest's latest book, subscribe to The Dinner Plan newsletter at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com—that's also where you'll find our list of 99 dinner ideas you didn't have to think of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.